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ex-pĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make satisfaction, amends, atonement for a crime or a criminal; to purify any thing defiled with crime; to atone for, to expiate, purge by sacrifice (freq. and class.; syn.: pio, lustro, placo, paco).I.Relig. t. t.A.Lit.:B.SACRVM COMMISSVM QVOD NEQVE EXPIARI POTERIT, IMPIE COMMISSVM ESTO: QVOD EXPIARI POTERIT, PVBLICI SACERDOTES EXPIANTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21:scelus,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 29; cf.:tua scelera di immortales in nostros milites expiaverunt,
i. e. have avenged, Cic. Pis. 35, 85:in iis sine illius suffimentis expiati sumus,
id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf.:imperatum patri, ut filium expiaret pecunia publica,
Liv. 1, 26, 12:aliquem,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 34:puerum lustralibus salivis,
Pers. 2, 33:quae violata sunt, expiabuntur,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; cf.:expiandum forum Romanum a nefarii sceleris vestigiis,
id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; id. Phil. 1, 12, 30.—To avert an omen or sign, i. e. to prevent the evil indicated by it:II.quae di significent, quemadmodum ea procurentur atque expientur,
Cic. Div. 2, 63, 139:prodigia quae neque hostiis neque votis piare fas habet gens superstitioni obnoxia,
Tac. H. 5, 13 init.:arma nondum expiatis uncta cruoribus,
Hor. C. 2, 1, 5:dira detestatio nulla expiatur victima,
id. Epod. 5, 90 et saep.—Transf., beyond the relig. sphere.A.To atone for, make amends for, repair, make good:B.haec superioris aetatis exempla expiata Saturnini atque Gracchorum casibus docet,
Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 5:malam potentiam servili supplicio,
Tac. H. 4, 11:legatorum injurias regisque caedem,
Liv. 1, 14, 3:errorem,
Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 1 et saep.:incommodum virtute,
Caes. B. G. 5, 52 fin.:cladem victoriis,
Flor. 1, 12.—To appease (very rare):a me etiam poenas expetistis, quibus conjuratorum manes mortuorum expiaretis,
Cic. Pis. 7, 16:tutelam navis,
Petr. 105:iram,
Sen. Oet. 857.
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make amends for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) … Idioms and examples
make amends for — Syn: make up for, atone for, make good … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
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make up for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) … Idioms and examples
make amends (to somebody) (for something doing something) — make amends (to sb) (for sth/for doing sth) idiom to do sth for sb in order to show that you are sorry for sth wrong or unfair that you have done Syn: ↑make up for something • She tried to make amends for what she had said to her mother by buying … Useful english dictionary
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